Image of author sitting at table with his books.
Here I am settled in to @barnesandnoble Galleria #SaintLouis ready to sign books and meet you from 11 to 2 pm.
Itโs raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.๐
@davidjgibson.bsky.social
Writer, retired academic, botanist, and plant ecologist. Passionate about #prairies. โ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ดโ๏ธ. Latest ๐Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes. Join me on my socials: linktr.ee/davidgibson
Image of author sitting at table with his books.
Here I am settled in to @barnesandnoble Galleria #SaintLouis ready to sign books and meet you from 11 to 2 pm.
Itโs raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.๐
Image showing the cover of two books: Planting Clues and Elite Memories.
I'll be signing copies of two of my biology books tomorrow 11-2, in the Galleria @barnesandnoble.com #bookstore in #SaintLouis.
Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers.
#IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk
Great! I hope you enjoy reading it.
#forensics #botany #truecrime
Authors - how excited do you get when your book is published?
I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'.
It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95.
a.co/d/0N3Zoyt
#truecrime #forensics #botany
The value of long-term vegetation studies and keeping old datasets.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Excited that our paper has just been accepted.
Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton.
Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs
@pdiejournal.bsky.social
#professionaldevelopment
Front and back cover of the novel Elite Memories showing a dog, coyote, bobcat, and an eagle facing the reader.
Beautiful. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to have your mind transferred into a coyote (bobcat, dog, wolf, or eagle), consider my sci-fi novel Elite Memories.
books2read.com/EliteMemories
Small world!
25.09.2025 16:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Publication alert!
Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount.
Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters.
#grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...
How far do *๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ* have to scroll down to find ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ in this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy ๏bookfunnel indie book promo? Try it!
books.bookfunnel.com/augsff002b/l...
This...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Thanks, please fill out the form at the link. But, this is not a paid opportunity.
09.09.2025 15:14 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm a biased plant nerd, but I love the @journalofecology.bsky.social International Biological Flora accounts. Reading them is like meeting a new friend.
Hello Eastern Hemlock.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Beta reader opportunity still open! My WIP draft novella is ~35K words)
#quickread
#readershelpingreaders
#indieauthors
#sciencefiction
#dystopia
Please fill out the form to apply.
(Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')
Image showing Barnes and Noble bookstore availability for Planting Clues
Image showing Barnes and Noble bookstore availability for Elite Memories
My books are in a brick-and-mortar bookstore!
#SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction
Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria
@barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/eventโฆ
Barrier Islands are important.
#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands
Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.
interpnet.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Cover of Elite Memories showing a border collie dog with a wolf and bobcat to each side, facing front. City scape in foreground.
Book cover draft for Shanya's Saga showing a young woman looking to her left. A dark cityscape to her right, and a brightly lit sunset with the silhouette of a young man to her left.
Beta readers needed!
*Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*.
Apply ๐
forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA...
(Unpaid opportunity)
So what are the "1437 likely questionable open-access journals"?
I hope I've not published in any of them. ๐
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Grassland ecologists...take a look at the amazing work of fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin.
shinheechin.com/grassland/
That's great to hear! I hope all your family enjoy it. (Amazon or Goodreads review when you're done?)
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I'm working on my end-of-summer newsletter. It will have all my latest writing news. ๐๐โ๏ธ๐
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I know what you mean. We need a holiday after our holiday was more stressful than being at home.
16.08.2025 19:01 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's still got legs!
I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon.
Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ
a.co/d/0G7V5qW
Latest royalties statement from @oxunipress.bsky.social ... Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes is now my best-selling book, edging out Grasses and Grassland Ecology.
academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime
academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands
(not a living income, but enough for coffee.) ๐คฃ
Another great review of Elite Memories has come in!
You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Eliteโฆ
Reviews inspire authors!
There is some discussion about this issue... www.abc.net.au/news/science...
16.07.2025 07:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This case continues to surprise.
The perp was a #TrueCrime sleuth. Iโll for sure include it in future Planting Clues presentations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chilling use of @inaturalist.bsky.social by the perp to locate death cap mushrooms.
Should the exact location of toxic fungi be obscured on iNaturalist to avoid this sort of thing?
EM and I enjoyed today the magnificent display of Naturalist Notebooks at @linneansociety.bsky.social in London
27.06.2025 15:27 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Excited to see one of our papers (Johnson et al 2022) included in the @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social blog Key Concepts post on adaptations to variable envs by @natesaunders.bsky.social
methodsblog.com/2024/01/17/i...